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@kirrus I do not watch TV/movies. And I *especially* don't watch YouTube with its interminable vacuous advertisements and horrific, toxic recommendations.
@cstross @kirrus hbomb is an excellent video essayist who is out tackling misinformation, being an awesome, positive man, and a giant nerd.
He is brilliant, and many people do watch a lot of YouTube. He's been doing it right, for years.
No need to be disparaging just bc of the platform
(I get not being able to face hours of video - generally I don't either, I make exceptions only for a few and it takes days if not weeks)
@noodlemaz @kirrus When I am Planetary Overlord I shall PROHIBIT the use of video and film as media for edutainment ...
@noodlemaz @kirrus … Okay, I'll allow a limited exception for informational videos where the narrators costumed in the style of Gilbert & Sullivan sing the text. "I have a little list / of anti-vaxxers who won't be missed …"
